User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Overview
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Installation
- Caption/Subtitle Preparation
- A prepared final project
- The Captioning Process
- The Edit Window
- Now Let’s Get Your Feet Wet
- Retrieve Captions
- Roll-up Captioning
- Suggested Styles and Conventions
- Special Topics
- Import/Export Text & Caption/Subtitle Files
- ASCII Text (unformatted)
- ASCII Text (formatted)
- ASCII Text Files (Tab Delimited)
- Caption Center Files (.tds)
- Captions, Inc. Files (.cin)
- Cheetah Caption Files (.asc)
- Cheetah Caption Files (.cap)
- CPC-715 Online Files (.onl)
- DVD Caption Files (.scc)
- QuickTime/Podcast Closed Caption File (.srt)
- EBU Subtitle File (.stl)
- Ultech Files (.ult)
- Exporting ASCII Text Files
- Using International Character Sets with MacCaption
- Preparing Foreign Language Text
- Exporting Captions/Subtitles
- DV – 720x480 video
- NLE 720x486 Videos
- Avid Media Composer
- Notes on Animation Codec
- Add Captions using Avid ABVB Hardware
- Add Captions using Avid Express Pro
- Add Captions using Avid Meridien Hardware
- Add Captions using the Media 100
- Add Captions using Pinnacle Systems
- Add Captions using Pinnacle TARGA 3000 & Adobe Premier
- Add Captions using Blackmagic Design DeckLink Extreme
- MPEG-2 (DVD) 720x480 Video
- MPEG-2 (DTV/ATSC)
- HD Tapes
- HD/SD Captioning using Matrox MXO2
- HD/SD Captioning using AJA Kona
- Add Subtitles to Digital Videos
- Adding Captions to Videos for Webcasts
- Flash Video.
- YouTube/Google Video
- QuickTime Text Track
- QuickTime Movie
- Real Video
- Windows Media Video
- Importing Captions
- Captioning with an External Encoder
- Menus
- Preferences
- File Menu
- New Window/Close Window
- Edit Menu
- Display Menu
- Font
- Program A, B, C, D, E, F
- Show Caption Grid
- Show Safe Titles
- Show Time Code
- Display as Subtitles or Captions
- Caption Menu
- Encode Preferences
- Decode Preferences
- Set Caption Data Lowest Limit…
- Set Caption Data Lower Limit
- Set Decode Channel
- Attributes
- Convert Illegal Caption Characters
- Device
- Properties
- Initialize Device
- Close Device
- Send Caption
- Erase Caption
- Live Caption
- Live Caption Options
- Subtitle Menu
- Time Code Menu
- Format Menu
- Special Menu
- Windows Menu
- Help Menu
- Suggestions for Breaking Lines
- Selecting Multiple Caption Text Boxes
- Moving Caption Text in the Movie Window
- Suggested Styles and Conventions
- Copy to Program A
- From To
- Trouble Shooting
- Appendix
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Classic (WebPlus + Post caption using CC hardware interface)
Do you own a hardware closed caption encoder? If so, the Classic version is designed for you. It
lets you enter, position and time-stamp captions, and it encodes captions with a hardware
encoder. The Classic is compatible with most manufacturer’s hardware closed caption encoders.
DV (Classic + Caption/subtitle for DV video)
If you work with DV 720x480 video and use FireWire to transfer the video in and out of the
computer, DV is for you.
NLE (DV + Caption/subtitle 720x486 NLE video)
If you edit with uncompressed 720x486 video with FCP, Avid, Adobe Premier, etc. and use
AJA, Blackmagic or other NLE hardware to transfer uncompressed video in and out of the
computer, choose NLE.
DTV-M (SD/HD captioning with Matrox MXO2)
If you own a Matrox MXO2, DTV-M is designed for you. It has easy to use caption entry,
positioning and time-stamping features. It lets you export captions to all HD and SD formats.
DTV-A (SD/HD captioning with AJA Kona)
If you own an AJA Kona 3 or LHi, DTV-A is designed for you. It has easy to use caption entry,
positioning and time-stamping features. It lets you export captions to all HD and SD formats.
DTV (SD/HD captioning with MXO2, Kona, and BlackMagic DeckLink; plus Webcast & DVD
captioning)
It has easy to use caption entry, positioning and time-stamping features, plus it lets you export
captions to all HD and SD formats. It can also export files for webcast captioning and DVD
captioning/subtitling.
HD Enterprise (All features included)
Are you a major captioning provider? If so, HD Enterprise is your designated software. It
contains every captioning feature CPC offers, allowing you to meet virtually any captioning
requirement today… and in the future. Its unique features include XDCAM HD, DVCPRO-HD,
MPEG-2 with Manzanita, Assemble captions from EDL.
Encoding Only Software
Do you already have a formatted and timecoded caption file from a caption service provider? If
so, our encoder only software is the right choice for you.
Classic Encoder (Classic + but without caption preparation option) [formerly CPC-710]
If clients provide you with time-stamped caption files, and you just need to encode captions with
a hardware encoder, Classic Encoder is your economical caption software solution.
DV Encoder (DV but no caption preparation option)
If you only need to do caption encoding because your clients provide a time-stamped caption